Transverse cervicopertrochanteric hip fracture.

Gamble, J G; Lettice, J; Smith, J T; Rinsky, L A · J Pediatr Orthop · 1991

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A 3-year-old boy sustained a previously undescribed transverse hip fracture that involved the cervical, cervicotrochanteric, and intertrochanteric regions. The fracture was successfully treated with skeletal traction for 4 weeks using a Steinmann pin placed through the distal femoral metaphysis followed by spica cast immobilization. The 3-year follow-up examination demonstrated satisfactory growth and remodeling of the proximal femur with no evidence of osteonecrosis, premature physeal closure, or coxa vara.

Medical subject headings

Anatomy